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Reclining Nude

A work made of graphite, with erasing and touches of stumping, on ivory wove paper.
© 2018 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • A work made of graphite, with erasing and touches of stumping, on ivory wove paper.

Date:

c. 1920

Artist:

Henri Matisse
French, 1869-1954

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Henri Matisse

Title

Reclining Nude

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1915–1925

Medium

Graphite, with erasing and touches of stumping, on ivory wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed recto, lower right, in graphite: "Henri–Matisse"; inscribed verso, lower center, in graphite: "Jeune Fille sur un Canapé"

Dimensions

26.8 × 40.5 cm (10 9/16 × 16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1998.708

Copyright

© 2018 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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